Ignore the devil’s whispers. Take the hard road

Sometimes columnists hear voices. So pardon me while I talk to myself. There seem to be two of us in this discussion; we disagree sharply but I think we both agree that though the subject of our disagreement is the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, our mind is really focused on his boss, the Prime Minister.

One voice says: “Move on.”

“This Jeremy Hunt story”, it says, “is so last week. By the weekend it will have blown over. Quick check: can you even remember the name of that fellow Liam Fox had to resign over, and why exactly did Dr Fox have to go? Ha! You hesitate. Maybe the only useful conclusion is to avoid special advisers called Adam . . .…